Archive for March 27th, 2007

BREEAM for Schools - status so far

Have I mentioned before how much I love Theyworkforyou.com?  Yes, I believe I have.  Pinging into my inbox today a great Q&A regarding schools and BREEAM:
David Willets asks:
how many schools have completed the BREEAM schools assessment process; and what rating they have achieved?
Jim Knight replies:

The numbers of schools that have registered for BREEAM Schools certification [...]

HEEPI benchmarks for student residences

There’s some great work coming out of HEEPI (Higher Education Environmental Performance Improvement). I wrote about CEBenchbuild back in November and sustainable laboratories back in February.
They have now released some research on student residences here (.doc, 10 pages):
While the vast majority of buildings submitted were fossil fuel heated buildings, many universities still have [...]